A leading Junior in Crime for London (Chambers and Partners), Steven is also a member of the Forensic Science Society and Criminal Bar Association.

Steven Perian has been appointed Junior Counsel to the Crown (Attorney General’s Panel of Prosecution Advocates – List A (London and South Eastern Circuit).

Steven was formerly a Senior Crown Prosecutor, for Special Casework Division (London)

Notable Cases:

PROSECUTION

Steven has appeared on behalf of the Prosecution in a number of interesting cases:

1. Fraud

R v Hawksworth and Slamaj.
Conspiracy to defraud U.K. financial institutions (US Treasury Bonds Worth $US 2.3 Trillion Dollars (Leading Junior).

Regina v Allen Valentine et.al (largest seizure of Illegal manufacture of Viagra) £6 Million.

Conspiracy to obtain money transfer and property by deception from Price Waterhouse Cooper (Leading Junior).

Conspiracy to defraud Time Computers Plc by employees (Leading Junior).

Conspiracy to defraud Jaguar Motor Company and LEX PLC (£1,000,000.00) (Leading Junior).

Conspiracy to defraud U.K. financial institutions (US Treasury Bonds Worth $US 55 billion) (Leading Junior).

Conspiracy to defraud a charitable organisation (Black Charitable Organisation called The Abeng) (Leading Junior).

Conspiracy to handle stolen goods (motorcycle ringing) (Leading Junior).

Conspiracy to defraud the Vehicle Registration Office.

Theft of £891,842.85 by employee from Halifax Building Society.

Endangered Species EEC Regulation prosecution (Operation Charm).

Handling of £490 Million of Stock Bonds.

Conspiracy to clone credit cards (large scale credit card factories).

Computer related crimes - in particular the use of computers and Internet in order to defraud.

2. Child Sexual Abuse

Operation Fetteresso - Male rape and indecent assault on young children.

R v Gary Thompson (Leading Junior)
Unlawful sexual intercourse – 23 Counts of Indecent Assault.

R v Mullins
15 counts of Indecent Assault by a retired Police Sergeant on 2 Granddaughters, 2 Step-Granddaughters and Gross-indecency on 2 Great Granddaughters

Child Cruelty and Shaken Baby Syndrome

3. Indecent Assault

Indecent Assault on a Circuit Judge’s daughter.

4. Drugs

Operation Barking (Joint investigation by Customs and Excise and the West Midlands Regional Drugs Task Force) (Leading Junior)

Operation Jasel (Leading Junior)

Operation Hong Kong – serious crime directorate (Leading Junior)

Operation Razor (18 defendants selling drugs from the Kensal Rise Area)

Operation Helium

Operation Welling

Informant Lead investigations – multi-handed (Public Interest Immunity cases)

Drugs cases from SCD7 Middle Market Drugs Projects

5. Organised Crime

R v Bediako and Watson – guns and drugs (Special Projects Team)

R v Inan Eren, Zafar Eren, Huseyin Eren and Ismail Kaya (Special Projects) (Leading Junior)

6. Unusual Violence

R v O and A, Juvenile defendants causing grievous bodily harm to a Muslim man who was on his way for Friday prayers to a mosque

R v Michael Sinclair, Jerome Bingham (2 man crime wave who targeted vulnerable Jewish people where they used machetes and imitation firearms to rob them.

7. Robberies

Operation Grapevine (Leading Junior)
(i) R v Palmer et.al
(ii) R v Drummond.

Armed robberies – multi-handed (P.I.I. cases)
Rolex robberies- multi-handed

8. Public Order Offences

R v Selvarajah and others, Tamil gang members fighting with each other.

9. Attempted Murders

R v Atto Kesseidou- love crazed, besotted ex-boyfriend who stalked and stabbed his victim 13 times.

10. Data Protection Act

R v Churchyard – Misuse of Police National Computer

11. Child Pornography

R v Harris - senior employee of Norton Rose Solicitors downloads child porn from Internet.

12. Civil Work For Prosecution

Central Confiscation Branch (H.Q.)
Appointment of Receivers on Fraud and Drug Trafficking cases (R v Pope Cr App. R.)

DEFENCE

Steven has also appeared on behalf of the Defence in a number of interesting cases

1. Murders

R v Davina Smith (Leading Junior) mother who drove a stolen car whilst being unfit through drugs which resulted in the tragic death of her two young children and two friends.

R v Williams et al (Leading Junior) - Murder and Child Cruelty case where the victim was the 5 year old daughter of Mr Williams.

R v Raymond Johnson et al - execution style killing of reggae singer, Miss Tippa Irie and 2 others including rape.

R v Kien Hoang - Vietnamese killing where the wife was stabbed 14 times

R v Tesfa Boswell et al - 9 defendants involved in killing a Ugandan school boy)

R v Sajib Khan et al

2. Attempted Murders

R v Nestor (younger brother of famous disc jockey)

3. Rapes

R v Cumberbatch

R v Brigitte

4. Child Sexual Abuse

Conspiracy to supply sexually explicit materials to underage children. Other charges:
- Indecency with children
- Rape
- Indecent Assaults

5. Fraud

R v Joseph et al (public sector fraud) (Leading Junior)

R v Answer Sarpong (export of stolen cars from Europe for onward transmission via United Kingdom to Africa. Case involved participating informants, Interpol, Dutch police surveillance and Metropolitan Police)

Advance fee fraud ($21.5 Million) mutual co-operation between FBI and City of London.
Conspiracy to defraud (copyrights)

Benefit, Police and DSS surveillance cases.
Car ringing.

Large scale money transfer offences involving International Investigation

6. Drugs

Police undercover and surveillance operation involving the Supply / Importation (Customs and Excise) of Heroin, Cocaine, Cannabis - the latter valued at £1.5 million

7. Robbery

Armed (guns and knives), Post office and Building Societies

8. Firearm Offences

9. Arson including with intent to endanger lives.

10. Forgery and counterfeiting

R v Popaj - Large scale forgeries and counterfeiting. Largest haul of false passports and counterfeiting equipment in the last ten years in the South East of England.